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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is the 1964 satire directed by Stanley Kubrick (Full Metal Jacket , The Killing , Paths of Glory , A Clockwork Orange) and starring Peter Sellers in three distinctive roles. In the film, a crazed Air Force general decides to send a preemptive nuclear strike on Moscow while the President of the United States and his council contemplate on whether to stop it.

The following weapons were used in the film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb:


Browning M1919 machine gun

A Browning M1919 machine gun is notoriously seen wielded by USAF Gen. Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden). The weapon was carried in his golf bag and he uses it handheld to repel the Army forces sent to retake the air base. US Army troops that assault the airbase use the M1919 but with a tripod.

M1919A4 .30 Machine Gun
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M1 Carbine

An M1 Carbine is carried by Colonel Bat Guano (Keenan Wynn) when he confronts Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers).

World War Two Era M1 Carbine, with Dark Walnut Stock, 'L' peep sight and no bayonet lug - correct for most of WWII, shown with khaki sling and oiler and a period Magazine pouch for buttstock
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M1911A1 pistol

The M1911A1 is among the contents found in the survival kit of the B-52 bomber crew, which includes USAF Major Kong (Slim Pickens) and USAF Lieutenant Lothar Zogg (James Earl Jones). Also an M1911A1 with pearl grips is used by Gen. Ripper to threaten Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers).

World War II issued Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP.
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M3A1 "Grease Gun"

The M3A1 "Grease Gun" is used by both the US forces defending Ripper's Air Force base as well as the forces that are seen assaulting it.

M3 Grease Gun as used in Band of Brothers
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MP40

Oddly, some of the US Army soldiers attacking Ripper's Air Force base can be seen carrying and firing German MP40s.

MP40 Sub Machine Gun
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M1 Garand

The M1 Garand is also used by the US forces assaulting the airbase.

M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06
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General Ripper's Gun wall

Several Flintlock Pistols and Howdah Pistols are displayed on the walls of Gen. Ripper's office.

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The bottom two pistols in the second pic appear to be Howdah Pistols.

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